RESOURCES RELATED TO COTTAGE FOOD SALES
Click HERE to watch the recorded FASTER WV Cottage Food Sales Webinar held on June 10, 2020!
Link to Advantage Valley’s Food & Beverage Production Playbook
http://advantagevalley.com/sites/default/files/Food-and-Beverage-Manufacturing_Final-Draft.pdf?utm_source=Advantage+Valley&utm_campaign=d5370799dc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_29_11_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_26c94f889b-d5370799dc-
Link to West Virginia Farmer’s Market Vendor Guide
https://agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/agbusiness/Documents/WVFMG_2020_F2_5.7.20.pdf
Link to West Virginia Cottage Food Bill
http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2019_SESSIONS/RS/bills/SB285%20SUB2%20ENR.pdf
Link to Cottage Food Label Review Request Form
https://agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/agbusiness/Documents/Label%20Review%20Request%20Form_12.3.18.pdf
Link to WV Farmer’s Market List
https://agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/agbusiness/Documents/2019%20WV%20FARMERS%20MARKET%206-19.pdf
A Guide to Start a Cottage Food Business in West Virginia
https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Homemade-in-West-Virginia-14.pdf
Link to Farmers Market Vendor Permit
https://agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/marketinganddevelopment/Documents/FM%20Vendor%20Permit%20Application%204-20.pdf
Link to County Health Department (Food Establishment Permit)
https://dhhr.wv.gov/localhealth/pages/map.aspx
Link to District Sanitarian (Food Manufacturing Permit)
https://www.wvdhhr.org/phs/district.asp
Link to Panelist Lacy Davidson Ferguson at the WV Department of Agriculture
ldavidson@wvda.us
Link to Panelist Greg Christian and Toms Creek Family Farm on Facebook (and his maple syrup!)
https://www.facebook.com/tomscreekfamilyfarm/
FASTER WV RESOURCES
Contact Robbie Parker at WV Small Business Development Center (FASTER WV Business Coach for Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, Boone, Braxton and Clay Counties)
(304) 553-9692 or via email at robert.f.parker@wv.gov
Contact Jules Bills at Unlimited Future, Inc. (FASTER WV Business Coach for Cabell and Wayne Counties)
(304) 697-3007 or via email at jules@unlimitedfuture.org
Contact Sara Loftus at Unlimited Future, Inc. (FASTER WV Business Coach for Cabell and Wayne Counties)
(304) 697-3007 or via email at sloftus@unlimitedfuture.org
Contact Terrell Ellis at Advantage Valley
(304) 546-7323 or via email at terrell@advantagevalley.com
BridgeValley CTC’s Kauffman FAST TRAC 8 week entrepreneurship class: Next class starts March 4, 2021!
Contact Robbie Parker at WV SBDC to enroll in this class at robert.f.parker@wv.gov or click HERE to register
Unlimited Future, Inc.’s PLANNING FOR PROFIT 8 week entrepreneurship class: Next class starts March 23, 2021!
Click here for intake form: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egz5za026777df2a&llr=flc5ilcab